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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe

Congress reviews security boost after deadly Minnesota shooting

a fence in front of a building
Razor wire still tops a seven foot fence that remains in place around the US Capitol building on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on 22 January 2021. Photograph: Samuel Corum/EPA

Members of Congress are urgently reviewing security arrangements following the weekend Minnesota shootings that claimed the lives of a Democratic state legislator and her husband, with many demanding extra funds to beef up their own protection.

Fears of increasing levels of political violence were further heightened by the discovery of “dozens and dozens” of names of Democratic politicians on a hit list found in the car of Melissa Hortman’s accused assassin. One, Michigan congresswoman Hillary Scholten, cancelled a town hall in Muskegon on Monday.

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